Thursday, May 31, 2012

While Second Congressional Rep. John Kline (MN-R) is Chairman of the US House Education and Workforce Committee....

Federal and state support for colleges have crumbled to a new 25 year low, down 24% since 2004.

College tuition in the last 4 years has risen at triple the rate of general consumer spending. In 1991, tuition made up 26 percent of state educational revenues. It now make up 36 percent.

94 percent of students who earn a bachelor’s degree borrow to pay for higher education — up from just 45 percent in 1993

School costs have skyrocketed....the average undergraduate student loan debt is nearing $20,000. Add an additional $30,000 for those who go on to graduate school. Law and medical students report an average accumulated debt from all years (undergraduate and graduate study) of $91,700!

And while Kline supports privatization of schools and a tax payer voucher system...

Private schools don't have the same accountability as private schools...many do not have to follow the same regulations and bureaucratic processes that govern (and sometimes hinder) public schools.

Private schools can 'cherry pick' eliminating those students that cost more with learning or physical disabilities.

80% of all private schools are affiliated with a religion. Should the government support educational systems designed to further specific religious goals? Often these views are not only rather narrow, but gloss over or avoid any ideas that do not conform to their specific views.

One year at a private colleges if spiraling costs in higher education continue, is estimated to reach $100,000!

Even with a college degree, many graduates are not finding jobs (Where's the jobs Kline?). According to a Rutgers University poll of 571 graduates from 2006 to 2010, just over half had full-time jobs and about half of those jobs were low-paying jobs that didn't require bachelor's degrees.

Rep Kline has had YEARS to draft and present legislative reforms to No Child Left Behind, but instead has allowed our public education to flounder while taking big donations from private for profit schools. Among the top two PACs giving to Rep. John Kline campaign in 2011 is DeVry Inc and Rasmussen Inc, both 'for-profit' education organizations, for a total to date of 28,169. And the top industry contributing to John Kline in 2011 is education for a whopping $154,774!

Kline is bilking taxpayers enjoying his cushy career in government...
and sigh...America's education contines deKlines...

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Rep. Kline's Record in Office Speaks In a Very Tiny Voice: He sponsored 12 bills...but ZERO have made it into law including one to fund expenses of the Education and Workfoce Committee he presides over.... "not more than $8,346,254 shall be available for expenses incurred during the period beginning at noon on January 3, 2012, and ending immediately before noon on January 3, 2013."

Kline's has Major Case of Laryngitis: He co-sponsored 264 bills...but only FOUR have made it into law. That would rank Kline 406 out of 440 in congress for enacting into laws bills that Kline has co-sponsored.

The Kline Motto of Party First...CD2 Voters and Country Last: Kline votes with the GOP 96% of the time...and 100% of the time with John Boehner.

Kline Stands Against the Enviroment: He wrote a letter on May 7, 2012 - In an effort to put the Keystone XL pipeline on the fast track and avoid any EPA efforts.

Kline has been in office since 2002... Are you better off for the years he's spent in office? Is the economy, schools, government, roads...? There is a better alternative.

Thursday, May 03, 2012

Another great moment from Congressman John Kline was so vehemently defending the Republicans' excellent treatment of women, by... well, you watch this video that shows how his words don't match his not so Minnesota nice behavior...

REP. JOHN KLINE, R-MN: What we're talking about is using a slush fund that is provided to the Secretary to spend as she sees fit. And that is perceived as an attack, somehow, on women. What a surprise in this election year. (gavel bangs) Another 30 seconds, please.

REP. JUDY BIGGERT, R-IL: I yield...

REP. JOHN KLINE, R-MN: (interrupts her and ignors her) There are adequate....